Simple Aspiration Compared to Chest Tube Insertion in the Management of Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 458-460

  Gaudio, Mark ^a   Hafner, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASPIRATION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE;

EID: 68649084714     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.08.039     Document Type: Editorial

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